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Manuel Vicario was born 1956 in Madrid, Spain. His artistic career
began in the waiting room of the hospital where his mother stayed
during much of his childhood. His mother's doctor, Jaun Antonio
Vallejo-Nagera, noticed his talent and became the first to encourage
his skills with a gift of sketchbooks and colored conti pencils.
From this point, Vicario's love for drawing and painting has been
consistent. In 1977 he began classical Academic studies with the
master realist painter A. Mesa in Madrid until 1979. Mesa's
classical teachings allowed Vicario to transfer his drawing skills
to paint. An interest in a more minimalist application of color led
Vicario to the studios of Don Hubert to study lithography in 1983.
Soon after, to find his own rythm, Vicario began to experiment with
classes in pottery and sculpture. Vicario's desire to paint with
more immediate expressionism led him to the studio of Jose Guerroro
in New York City. It was here that Vicario allowed himself to break
away from tradition to more abstract application. During a
solo exhibition, Juan-Carlos, The King of Spain, attended his
opening in Valladolid. Finding the essence in every painting,
Vicario paints consciously from sensitive line, conceptual energy,
and expressionistic simplicity. One of the many reviews written
about Vicario's work was from the critico de arte journalist-Pedro
P. Garcia.Vicario's style has a double reading. In one way, we can
see his academic formation, and the knowledge of Art History, while
at the same time transforming these ideas to his own personality,
where the soft strong tones come together in harmony, reading a
perfect quality. The composition done in the style of 'esfumato can
dilute and vanish giving the sensation of mystery and distance.
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